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Swiss and Finnish checks find Listeria

By Joe Whitworth on March 30, 2019

Separate testing in Finland and Switzerland detected Listeria monocytogenes in a variety of products last year but no samples contained the pathogen at levels above legal limits.

The Finland customs authority (Tulli in Finnish) detected…
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One ill in Sweden due to mislabeled beans; favism suspected

By Joe Whitworth on October 19, 2018

One person in Sweden has fallen ill after incorrectly preparing chickpeas and beans that were not labelled correctly.

Sweden issued a Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) notification after a report from the…
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Researchers describe non-O157 STEC outbreak traced to salad

By Joe Whitworth on September 19, 2018

Researchers in Finland have detailed an E. coli outbreak in 2016 with more than 230 cases linked to rocket salad, known as arugula salad by U.S. consumers.

In August 2016, an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing…
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Cucumber Salmonella outbreak strain isolated from four sites of UK company

By Joe Whitworth on August 1, 2018

Seventeen food isolates matching the Salmonella outbreak strain linked to 147 illnesses were detected earlier this year in four plants of one company and the site of a different firm in the United Kingdom.

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UK hardest hit in Salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers

By News Desk on July 27, 2018

European officials have linked ready-to-eat products containing cucumbers to a multi-country outbreak of Salmonella that has sickened 147 people.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said…
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Hepatitis A Frozen Berry Outbreak Sickens More in Europe

By News Desk on May 2, 2013

At least 71 people in Europe have been sickened with Hepatitis A in an outbreak believed to be linked to frozen berries served in smoothies, according to the latest report from Eurosurveillance. That’s an…
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Hepatitis A Outbreak in Nordic Countries Linked to Frozen Berries

By Gretchen Goetz on April 17, 2013

A hepatitis A outbreak linked to frozen berries has sickened as many as 56 people in 4 of Europe’s Nordic countries, according to health officials. The European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday…
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Pet Dogs Can Carry Human Norovirus, Study Shows

By Gretchen Goetz on January 20, 2012

While dogs may indeed be man’s best friend, it turns out that they also have the ability to harbor one of man’s most common enemies – norovirus.

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A study out of Finland has shown that

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